Drones

Drone types:

ECHO can use drones, Echo actively deploys and returns them to the Ship when it's time. You can also deploy them manually by clicking the "Deploy" button near the Hull HP.

Don't worry if you need to jump, they will come back before your Ship jumps away. There are different drone types. Surface Mining, Core Mining, Salvage Surface, Salvage Structural. For Combat Laser Drones and Missile Drones. If a Drone gets destroyed, your Ship will craft a new one this process can be speed up with Skills and Crew. Depending on the Drone this can take a while. After crafting a new drone it will be deployed or kept in Storage when travelling.

To unlock all Drones you need the Skill: Advanced Drone Access in the Drones Skill Tree

Behaviour:

Once released Drones act on their own for most activities. You can target them on a single Object by double-clicking it.

In combat all drones will focus the target you click or that attacks you first unless not ordered otherwise.

In Mining and Salvage Drones once set free start targeting everything in sight. When autopiloted trough ECHO they will focus whichever target ECHO chooses first.

Drone Power:

Power is split up between each Drone. This means if you have 5 Drones and 1000 Power, each drone has 200 Power.

Also Drone Power is for each Type, this means if you have 2000 Power this will be shared between Combat Drones and Salvage Drones, even if you mix them.

Example = Drone Bay, 4 Drones, 2000 Power. 2 Combat Drones with 2000 power / 2 = 1000 power per drone + 2 Salvage Drones with 2000 power / 2 = 1000 power per Salvage Drone.

In Short. Each Drone Type (Combat, Salvage, Mining) gets the Power from the Bay + Power from Combat, Salvage etc. if applicable. But the Drone Bay power doesn't get added towards Weapons.

Drone Bays and Skills:

Drone Bays exist in all rarities and sizes. Depending on the Size the bay can store and control different amounts of Drones.

Drone Bay sizes

Size:	Small	Medium	Large
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Max Drones:	3 (5*) (7**)	6 (10*) (12**)	9 (13*) (15**)
*With Aspect:	Up to 2 more Drones with Extended Drone Bay	Up to 4 more Drones with Oversized Drone Bay	Up to 4 more Drones with Oversized Drone Bay
With Skills:	Up to 4 more Drones with the Skills: Drone Squad Expansion / Expanded Drone Control	Up to 6 more Drones with the Skills: Drone Squad Expansion / Expanded Drone Control	Up to 6 more Drones with the Skills: Drone Squad Expansion / Expanded Drone Control

There are 2 Drone Bay exclusive Aspects that increase the max Amount of Drones that can be stored and controlled.

If a Drone Bay has free Slots the Game sets random Drones that will be spawned. It's best to choose Drones until all Slots are filled.